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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18

The greater the truth the greater the
libel !" is a legal maxim frequently quoted.
The English Court of Appeals has, just
affirmed il in remarkable manner. a
man named Bachelor died, owing ABOUT
$3.50, 900. He was very popular in his
native town, and monument was erected
to his memory. Baneath the name and
age of the deceased were chiseied IN
marble the words: - Deeply regretted. "
A local solicitor wrote to the country
newspaper, suggesting the addition OF the
words: l." Especially by those to whom he
died indebted TO the extent of $50, 600.
For this he has been found guilty OF libel,
not on the dead debtor, but on his sur
viving relatives. English Judges and
iuries seem getting trife mixed.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18
The Emperor of China insists on hav.

The Emperor of China insists on hav.
ing bears paws, antelopes' tails, ducks
tongues. torpedo GELS eggs, camefs hump
monkeys lips, carps' tails and marrow
hores served on his table every day in the
wear. Then, according to the facetious
Rur,inyton Free Press. he drops off to
slecp. and dreams that he is shooting
down a 4, OOO-foot toboggan slide, with
fifty-pound weight on his stomach.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18
Times Have Changed.

Anxious Daughter Mother, did papa
have his salary increased when he was
married."
Omaha Matron-"No, my child"
81 don't suppose he had any money
saved up, did he!"
Not a penny. He spent all he
earned"
Ibid you get along cOmfortablyT
I'VE were very happy"
"Well, you know, George hasn't been
able to save cent, butt
''See here, if that poverty stricken fell
low dare to show his face here again I'll
get your father to kick him out .'-O1sa-
Ia World.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18

The pecuniary value of "a good time
would seem to be as difficult of estima-
ton as the weight of an odor or the
breadth of a smile Yet ANEW York
Jury will be called on 10 perform the deli
cate task. The City Surveyor of Roch-
ester was invited TO be present at the un-
yelling of the Statue Of Liberty In New
York Harbor and laid himself out for
good time. The train which he took
should have brought him t" New York
in ample time but for some reason 1t ar
rived six hours late and the good time
was irretricvably spoiled. The Surveyor
has sued the railroad company and iaid
his damages AT $1,000, which Is his es-
mate of what good time would have
been worth to him in the elevation oT his
spirits. the rcjuycncSccncc OF his system,
the.expansion of his ideas and. incident
ally perhaps, Of his head as well
Whether jury will pu; il rs high as thai
* still nroblcmatic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18
He Had been in State Prison.

A stranger entered an Austin saloon the
other evening, and after scowling at the
halfdozen sitters wbc were gathered
there, he said:
Would you gentlemen object TO TAX
ing drink with man what's been in
State prison?"
He was big, muscular fellow, with a
bad eye in his head, and he rested his
left elbow sort Of careless on the bar. fac
ing the crowd, his right hand reached
playfully for his hip pocket.
All jumped quickly to their feet at the
bar, exclsiming in chorus: Certainly
not. strangerr'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18

Her Won Schaffle, formerly the Austrian
cabinet minister, has gone IN Tor war
statistics. He says war between France
and Germany would cost 81, 200, cco' ooo'
If cur countries Austria, Russia, France
and Germany-fought, he says the bill
would be $4,000, OoO, 600, and he also
thinks European wal would bring uni
versal bankruptcy, which seems reason
able. considering his figures.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Case of Necessity-Times Have
Changed-NO Sign OF Sweet
ness-Why a Calf is
For Sale, Etc.

Minister 10 boy who is digging for
worms: Little boy don't you know
that il is wrong to work on Sunday, en-
cept in cases of necessity"
Boy (going on with his digging;
"This is case of necessity. A feller
can't 90 fishin' 'thout bait. "-.SJtmgs.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-06-18
There are now on the pension rolls OF

,he war Of 1912 only 2,945 surviving
pensioners. while there are 1879 sur
yiviny widows of pensioners. This iur-
nishcs another convincing proof that
widows like spinsters, never grow ola.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
SINGULAR SITUATION,
In Which the Northern Pacific
Knocks Out the Northern

In Which the Northern Pacific
Knocks Out the Northern
Bridge.
A serious complication has arisen in
regard to the bridge at Twentieth ave-
nue. north, which will be ready for
travel in about two weeks, and from the
present outlook it would seem that the
bridge can be blocked by the Northern
Pacific railroad tracks for nearly forty
years to come, should the railway COM
pany feel so disposed. In order to cross
the bridge it is necessary to cross the
railroad tracks. which, to meet the spec
flied grade, will be obliged to be raised
two feet in order to allow sufficient
room for the roadway underneath.
The railway company cannot be
compelled to raise its tracks,
according to the ordinance. City
Attorney Smith is not disposed to say
anything in regard to the matter farther
than that he requested the officials to
call and see him, which they have not
yet done. The railway company has
already built bridges in the city, though
by its charter it cannot be compelled to
do so until 1925, and the city without ac-
cepting such bridges has used them.
Aid. Mills does not like the situation,
and speaking of the matter yesterday
said: 1T makes no difference to us
whether the Northern Pacific agrees to
our using that bridge or not. The
Third ward will simply go in ;bOdy, cut
away the railroad tracks and put up dan
ger signals, and if the company wish to
run their trains into the excavation they
can. We are not going to let that bridge
remain idle for the next five years be-
cause the railroad company does not
see its way clear to raise its tracks a
cOuDle of feet
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
GOSSIP OF MEN.

1t is rumOred that Ole COlbOurn, of
the South Minneapolis News, will take
charge of the Tribune while A. G.
Blethen is out of the city.
Hartley Davis is not reporter for the
Police Gazette, as one might suppose
by his account of the Reid-COmpstOn
case in the journal.
A. j. Kelly and Carl Hanson. two en-
terpriSing young men, have purchased
the stock of the late Frank J. Koran,
and will hereafter do business on their
own account.
Ace P. Abel says he is sorry he is
going to be married "Wednesday even
ing, as it prevents him from going to
Washington.
H. Y. Jones, of the Pioneer. declares
that there is no fun like going out on
the prairie in the midst of a blizzard to
watch an experiment, and then TO get a
big dinner on his return.
1t is a cheering and pleasing sight to
see Brig" Young sailing around in Il
Minnesota blizzard in his shirt sleeves,
with the perspiratiOn pouring down his
face and one thumb wrapped up in a
handkerchief.
w. E. GOOding denies that Clerk
Dickey intends to fight Ike Weir.
The police reporter of the Star de-
clareS up and down that he does not i'll
tend to work the police officers for news
by printing column of slush under the
head of ''POlice Prattle''
The rumor that Sergt. F. E. Briggs
viii soon start society paper to be
known as Minneapolis by Gaslight."
is denied by that gentleman in long
interview.
c. NJ. Palmer has an assistant man
ager of the exposition at home. Aged
four days.
Superintendent of Police Helm says
Aid. L'Herault don't know what he is
talking about. and is not therefore re
SpOnsible for his recent UtteranceS.
J. ii. Harper. of Washington. the
agent of the Harper press agent, is a
somewhat cynical young man, and to he
a success must drop some of his skepti-
ciSm.
Hon. W. F. Steele has poor idea of
the appetite of newspaper reporters
when he attempted to give dinner to
three of the most robust specimens on
$3.50.
Aid. L'Herault says he did not mean
Supt. Helm could be bought for 50. but
only that the spies at the Harris saloon
could be purchased, body and breeches,
for that sum.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
HELP THE NEWSBOYS.
An Appeal From the Managers of
the NewsbOys' Home.

The managers of the NewsbOyS' Home
having at last succeeded in securing a
comfortable and respectable house, beg
leave to make the following statement to
the public: We have located at No. 20
Sixth street north, just back of Masonic
Temple foundation. Our rent is paid
for three months: we have first-class
matrOn engaged; an educated, reliable
young man who will conduct night
school; good domestic help, and fam
lily of fourteen boys already on hnad,
with many more waiting for admission.
But our funds are exhausted; our furnl-
ture and beds, all old when they came
to US, are used up and gone: our carpets
are worn out; our StOre-rOOm is empty.
We like new things, but nothing that is
clean is too poor for our use. We are in
our house and ready for work. Will not
our friends rally around us on Monday
and give us a good SendOff? We know
that we are doing good work for these
boys and do not believe this community
wishes us to give it up.
Signed Mrs. W. ID. WASHBURN,
Mrs. T. B. WALKER,
Mrs. SARAH FAIR.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04

the division question was submerged
by the local option vote. mean by
this, that in great many counties the
division question was entirely lost sight
of in consequence of the fight on
local option. If the question of division
had been the only one before the people
[ think the result would have been
quite different. l think the reports
of the small majority for division
which we see in the newspapers are
wrong, for l think the people of South
ern Dakota voted almost solid for
division, and if they did the di-
vision ticket has carried by a
very large majority. As for myself
| would prefer to have Dakota stay out
of the Union for ten years, rather than
her admitted as whole. But | have
not the faintest idea that she will be adj
mitted as long as we have Democratic
administration
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
THE SALTWATER BUDGET,

Mart Torinus is home from Faribault
on a sick leave.
Harvey Shepard. of WOrthington,
was in town last week on business.
Thomas Mast. the celebrated carica-
turist, has taken the opera house for
Dee. 6.
3. WiesS entertained the "YaSS'' club
Thursday evening, and pleasant time
was enjoyed.
Miss Nina b. Collins. of Aberdeen,
OAK. is visiting Mrs. l.. c. Proctor dur
ing the holidays.
The Young Peoples Married club
meet next Friday evening for a social
hop at their hail.
d. ". Johnson left on Tuesday night
for st. Paul. to begin life as 4 merry
knight Of the grip.
Company X held a largely attended
monthly meeting Thursday evening, and
held an interesting drill.
Charlie and Benjamin Lowell came
down last week from Durbin. Oak, on
a short visittO relatives Ill this place.
StetsOn's "UncIe Toms Cabin" COM
pany gave an exceptionally poor play at
the opera house last Monday evening.
The Young Married Peoples Cooking
club gave supper at Mrs. W. G. BrOn-
son, Jr.'s, last evening to their friends.
f. F. Barrett has spent the past week
at Aitlin and vicinity. business bent
He will return the middle of next week
Benjamin Lowell. of Fargo, a cousin
Of Gilmore Lowell, of the Sawyer house,
has been making him visit the past
week.
Those travelling on the Milwaukee
road should remember that the 80 a. III.
train and the II :o5 p. III. train have been
abandoned,
Theodore ReeS made an assignment
Dec. 3 to his brother, Ralph Rees, of his
clothing store and all property for the
benefit of his creditors.
Miss iona Doyle, for some time a
teacher in the Schulenburg school. has
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
DAKOTA AND DIVISION.
The Opposite Views Held by Col.
PIummer and Judge Bennett.


Piummer and Judge Bennett.
Col. W. c. Plummer, of Aberdeen,
and Judge John Z. Bennett, of Clark,
were the first Of the Dakota contingent
that is to go to Washington with Mime
apolis. to put in an appearance. They
registered at the Nicollet last evening.
''DiviSionr' exclaimed Col. Plummer.
''bless your soul, hear 4 few words. |
was the principal speaker. though | say
ii. for division. Al! Of the talk and
huTrah was on our side. The anti-divis-
iOniStS did no talking at all. We had it
all to ourselves, and yet l tell you there
viii be a bare majority for division.
When the vote is in and honestly
counted. as it will be, we viii have the
majority and that is all. There is some
talk to the effect that the local option
fight affected division, but the fact is that
all of the interest was in the option
and it brought the people out. No,
sir, the fact is that the sentiment of the
people has changed and they are for adj
mission as a whole. Division has re-
ceived a black eye and its ultimate
death blow. The fight developed an
other thing. which was that the cen
tral counties object strongly TO
ulhtSlOli Oh tlic SIOullu lidI llt
proposed line through the state will
throw on the edge and weaken their in
fuence and lessen their advantages.
As it is. the people will gather at Aber-
deem and ask admission as a whole.
That convention will be the largest ever
held in the territory. ard viii bring out
delegates from every county"
'HaveyOuP own views changed?"
''NOt at all, except chat if the people
Of the state want admission as whole
l will say amen. But it is a mistake to
suppose division will iniuTe the central
counties. The entire state will be bene-
flied in the end"
Judge J. f. Bennett, of Clark, OAK,
On being asked what he considered was
the cause of the large vote against
the division of the territory at
the Late election, said; II think
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04

Can be obtained now at our sale for from 40 to IS per
cent less than regular price COME WHILE THE
STOCK Is COMPLETE. EVERY ARTICLE STRICTLY
GUARANTEED.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-22

The late Capt Wallace W. Hall, of the
United States secret service, shortly before
his removal 10 II. Louis Is said TO have
been investigating gigantic counter
feiting scheme by which alleged rare,
costly and antique coins were being put
upon the market as genuine. In 1885, a
Philadelphia coin dealer named Hazeltine
advertised an auction sale of his super
fiuous coins. including an 1904 dollar, only
six of which are known To have been coined
before the issue wa, recalled. The value
of one of these dollars is $500 or more,
and 50 great interest was excited in the
sale.
A well known cOnnoisseur who attended
discovered that some of the coins We're not
genuine, and on the collection being sent
to the mint it was discovered that large
number Of the COINS had been made with
in year. Similar cases were soon re-
ported from all parts of the country. and
Capt Hail, who happened TO be in Phila-
delphia. set to work to investigate the
matter He found that the cOunterfeits
included all Of the recalled issue pieces,
and thousands of coins nf interest, an
tiquity and high value. The dollar of
1904 had been frequently duplicated by
boring the ''3'' ont ut a dollar OF 1888 and
inserting plug 4, " which was soldered
with blow pipe and treated with an acid
bath to give it an Anticipated appearance.
CIher coins he fonnd t. he counterfeited
IS the use Of plaster molds, and ali were
a cleverly done chat none but an expert
,ould detect any difference between the
counterfeit and the genuine. Ii is not
known whether Capt. Hall ever obtained
any clew 10 the cuunterfeiters' mint
Chicago Tribune
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-22

By and by we reached the obsidian
cliffs-a bluff from 150 to $50 feet in
height and 1000 feet in length. Az it
was necessary to build carriageway
under this cliff. and indeed may say
across it. Col. Norris accomplished it by
building huge fires upon the larger
masses and then dashing cold water upon
the heated surface, which being suddenly
cooled were shattered into fragments
that We're easily moved, and thus the
roadbed is composed of broken obsidian.
OF volcanic glass; but one would never
imagine that he was driving over a glass
highway unless he CHANGED to get little
beneath the surface and discovered bit
of obsidian that resembles the bottom of
a bottle. as l did. The glass oozes from
the rocks like gum from tree. II Is al
most black, quite Opaque, and the edges
of it when Clipped off at proper angie
are as sharp as razors. OF it the Indians
fashioned arrowheads, weapons and
tools. The supply seems inexhaustible,
for it is found in many parts Of the Ma
tional park, and these cliffs alone as a
mine. or fountain, shall / say of glass
are probably unequaled in the world
Yellowstone Park Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-22
Where Andrew jackson Lived.

Near by the Hermitage is small
square brick church, which Jackson had
built for his wife, who was said To be
devOut Presbyterian. Entering the Her
mitage yard through the large iron gate.
one notices Immediately that the carriage
drives (which are outlined by cedarsl form
an immense banjo. To the right of the
large lawn, which is in front Of the house,
is the flower garden and family burying
ground. There are old fashioned beds
filed with old fashioned flowers, although,
OF course, many Of them have died for
want of care believe the plants which
predominate now are fig trees and box
plants. In one corner Of the garden is
Jackson's tomb, surrounded by those of
his immediate family. The base Of the
tomb in which he and his wife are in
TERED il about nine feet square, with hOri
zontal slabs Of stone on which the cpl
taphs are carved.
The house and outhouses at the Hermit
age are in an exceedingly dilapidated con-
dition. The place is owned by the state
OF Tennessee, granting the family who
now occupy it the privilege Of living there
during the life Of the elder Mrs. jackson.
They are i'll rather reduced circumstances
and are not able 10 have the place re-
paired. They have even been forced TO
the necessity of selling many articles valu-
able both on account of tssir intrinsic
worth and OH account of their historic as
sociations. Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-22
When Gran, Closed the Gates.

The recent action of the president in
having the gates of the White House
grounds closed until after 9 O'Clock in the
morning has caused much comment.
Upon one other occasion. in the summer
of 1869 or 1870, during Gen. Grants ad-
ministration, the gates were not only
closed in the morning, but kept closed for
three consecutive days. The reason for
this was to give a safe pasturage 10 a
fleet little Arabian pony, which had been
sent as gift to the president or some
member of his family. While the little
animal nibbled away at the grass or
amused himself. pony fashion, racing
about the grounds through the fine sum-
mer days, the public, who had been de-
barred the privilege of entering the
grounds, nursed its wrath and sighed for
an abatement of the nuisance. For
three days the pony held absolute sway
in the grounds. and then. alas! upon the
fourth his frolicsome spirit departed to
the happy hunting grounds, he having
been mysteriously poisoned, by whom has
never yet trsnspired. Chicago Herald.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-22
Contagion In Rag Mattresses.

A newspaper man in San Francisco paid
4 visit the other day TO mattress factory,
which was conducted upon plan admir-
ably adapted TO the purpose Of prOpagat-
ing disease by wholesale. In rough shed
were two machines technically known as
teasers. These implements were revOlv-
ing at high rate of speed Sharp teeth
Of iron were tearing piles Of the most
filthy and disgusting remnants of old
clothes and other wooden articles into
shreds, until the entire fabrics were re-
duced to fine tilaments This material,
known rs patent wool, is used principally
for filling the bed coverings OF chintz sold
in the stores under the name of comforters.
The first handling which the remnants of
garments receive is by the Chinese rag
pickcrs. who convey them into Chinatown
and there pick out the cotton and linen
fabrics from the woOlen ones. The former
find their ultimate destination at the pa
per nulls, while the latter are used by
mattress and bed comforter makers after
being teased by machinery. Without be
ing disiDfeCted or in any way deodoriZed
these materials are liable, from the uses
they are put to, TO become source
whereby many valuable lives may be lost
Boston Herald
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-22

How IS artificial ivory made OF late
years the scarcity and dearnsss Of genuine
ivory have driven inventors To manufaet-
ure artificial compounds capable Of re
placing il for many industrial and dOmes-
tic purposes. These compounds. which
may almost without exception be classed
under the name Of ''Celluloid, are formed
OF divided cotton waste or some similar
substance. soaked in either vegetable
naPhtha, nitro benzol, camphOr or alco-
hol. Sufficient of these solvents Is used
Ia make II soft, plastic mass, which is sub
jected to hydraulic pressure and mixed
with oils, gums and colOring matter.
Any degree of fiexibility can he given to
4, and il can be- made white and trans
parent or Of any brilliant color. IL can be
made hard A. ivory. or retained in 81 soft
a condition as To I've capable IL being
spread in layers over textile fabrics in the
same way aS paint is laid on. IL can he
pressed and stamped. planed like wood,
turned in a lathe. cut with a saw. carved.
woven or applied a. varniSh. Wheu
dyed the dive runs through the whole sub
stance. and cannot therefore be rubbed or
washed out. An artificial ivory Of creamy
whtencSs and great hardness j. now made
from good Potatoes washed III diluted sui
phuriC acid. then boiled in the same solu-
tiOn until they become solid and dense
They are then washed free OF the acid and
slowly dried. This ivory can he dyed and
turned and made useful in many ways
Chicago Tribune